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Red · Finger Mullet Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 38

It's been some time since my last report. I was able to take some time off and my brother and made it down from San Antonio on Thursday. We were at the beach around noon and made our way south. Diving was not bad with some soft spots. We ended up near the PM jetties. Nothing really to report. Water had good color, warm, but little bait activity and no fish to speak of. We gave it a try the next morning, but nothing to speak of so we moved north. We ended up around the 30 to a nice area which had mullet rolling in throughout most of the day off the first bar. As evening came there were near shore and easy to catch with the cast net. The fish of the day and trip, was caught on a whiting casted over the first bar. It had been soaking for a few hours. I thought a big shark was on as the line was peeling/smoking off the reel. I thought I was going to get spooled, but finally got it turned. I ended up with a nice blister on the left thumb trying to add some drag. Then when bringing it in the hook came out right at the water's edge as the fish was shaking and flopping. I thought it was over and it reminded me of the past trout lost at the water edge. My brother a I were able to quickly get a hold of it and wrestled it on the beach. That was the catch of the day and actually more like 3 days with some night time fishing thrown in. We tried for trout throughout the trip but no takers. We managed some skipjacks and a blue. On Sat morning I had a good run on a whiting casted out past the first bar. Thought it was a big shark and again I thought I was going to get spooled. After going back and forth It turned out to be a big ray. I was able to get it close to the beach, but could not get it out of the water. Line busted as I was trying to bring it on shore. We did not manage any trout, but that king was a blessing along with the water conditions and calm surf. When driving north from the PM jetties, we talked with a shark fisherman who mentioned catching a tiger Thursday evening. Of note for the trip was the number of blue crabs. We saw many at the spots we hit on the trip. Till next time, enjoy the fishing and thanks for reading. I forgot the tripod so I got my brother to snap a pic as well.

Richard Rousset with King caught near the 30 MM, PINS

Robert Roussett taking a picture. He did not want to, but I forgot the tripod. It's been some time since we hit the beach together.

Cheers!

Blast-n-Cast · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1142

Looks like you guys had a good time. Always great to make some memories with the family. Thanks for the report.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Hi Richard that's more luck than Capt Billy and I had the other day. We tried hard for trout and only had two strikes.
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Red · Finger Mullet Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 38

Thanks Tyler - It was really slow to no go while we were there. We just hit a little luck with s good treble and wire leader. Smile

TitanUp · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:05 pm Post subject:

Beautiful catch Red! Looks like ya'll had quite the time. The surf looks amazing in the picture! Thanks for the report. Tight lines!

SeanHHH · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:46 pm Post subject:

Congrats on your king from the beach!

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:42 pm Post subject:

X2, well done on the beach!!! Shocked

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bobinhtown · Joined: 26 Jan 2014 Posts: 1 Location: katy, Texas

Hey guys, we did catch a tiger in the upper 40's Thursday night. Will post report tomorrow...

Bob

MajorE40 · Joined: 08 Jun 2015 Posts: 4

Red, what were you using to hook up a King from the surf?

Chris

ziacatcher · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:44 am Post subject:

A fish like that makes the trip a success.

shallowsport · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:07 am Post subject:

Very nice fish. Easily worth a 30 mile trip down there beach. Congrats !
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BayFly · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:57 pm Post subject:

I think they were in Florida somewhere? That does not look at the Texas surf! Very Happy

Red · Finger Mullet Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 38

Thanks for the kind words. The water was sure nice while we were there. The best I have seen in a while and NO weed.

MajorE40 - I was using a simple 3-way swivel with a barrel swivel and snap for the weight (6 oz) and a 2 ft (approx.) wire leader with treble hook on the other end. Wire leader was about 100 lbs. I was using an HDX with an Avet LX6.0:1. Bait and weight was approx. 10-12 oz. I really like the HDX. Avet is spooled with 40lb mono.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Richard